Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION {1y Morning Edition) inclnding Sunday n:lu{.'mn Year o 10 ot 8ix Months. . ot Three Months . e Omaha Sunday Bek, mailed t0any al dress, One Year OMAHA OFFICE, N, NEw YOuk O 1IN0, WASHIN TEENTH RTRE CORRESPO! All_communications re editorinl matter should Eprron o¥ TiE BER. BUSINESS LETTERS: All business letters and remittances shonld be addressed to The PUGLISHING COMPANY, OwanA. Drafts, chiecks and postoiee orders to be made pay able to the order of the cot The Bee Publishing Company, Proprictos. E. ROSEWATER, Epitos. G4 AND UI8 FARN AN STRE p, ROOM 15, TRIBUNE TUT ON OFFick, No. ol) Foti news and vl to the Geo. 3 retary of The Bee Pub- Tishin, soleninly swear that the 1y flee for the week ending 157, was as follows Saturday, Nov, %" 3 20 16315 5 Jse Thursday, L4840 Friday, Dec 0. 1. T Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this 84 day of Deceinber, A. D. 187, O (BEAL) Notary Punlie Btate of Nebraska b County of Dougl s Geo. I Trechnck, boing first duly savorn, de- Jojes and says thi Tie s secretary of o ablishing company, that the nct daily circulation ~of the Daily the month_of December, 186, 1 for Janvary ruary, 1¥ Bt Aprit, coples 7, 14227 caple for July, 1¥7, 14,08 coples; for 4 161 copies; for cmber, 1987, 14, October, 1657, 1 for Novem GEO. BT coples. 8worn to and subscribed in 8d day of Deceniber, A D 18 HUCK. ¥ presence thiis N.P. L, Notary Public, SAM RANDALL proposes to keep i views before the people. PROMINENT Texas business men are attempting to create a bhoom in Lone Star real estate. Their suceess is donbt- ful. The boom is indiginous wn b latitudes, THERE are twenty-seven red-headed congressmen in the present House. And it is thought about the suam number of dark horses for the pre v will be scen loite wound the capitol. AL Dow imagines that -7 in prohibition a wedgo for split- ting the solid south. It might be re- marked that the south is always solid in its straight politics-——while it might be willing to mix its drink: THE railway commi. hasaddressed a cireular to railroad man- agers in thatstate, pointing eut the ab- surdityof the upper berth in sleeping cars and calling forits abolition. The upper berth is always a fraud and should fol- low the car stove to oblivion, ion of Minnesota THERE is a prospect of a reduction in the Pullman car rates between this city and the Pacific coast. They have hitherto been higher than in any other section of the country, and complaints from the traveling public have been numerous and vigorous of late. — COMPTROLLER Trenholm has rve- ceived over forty plans from financiers of all parts of the country, respecting a new basis for national bank ecirculation, but not one of them is sufficiently free from objections to be adopted. This is a very curious circumstance in a country in which nine men out of every ten know just how the national finances should be managed THE people of No M lies between Kansas and the Texas Pan- handle, will this winter make an at- tempt to have their country organized into a teveitory. The region is not very large, being only one hundred and sixty-seven miles by thir n, but would rank very well with Rhode Island or Delaware in respect to size. A Kansas congressman will lay the matter before cong n’s Land, which SoME of the state papers have been reducing their surplus recently in ad- vocating the removal of the state capi- tal. Inasmuch as there is no possible way to move it at the present time, it appears that the question is entirvely out of order. There may come atime when 1t will be serving the interests of the people of Nebraska to locate the capi- tal elscwhere. But the time is not yet ripe. Tur Omaha delegation on its way to Washington to securo the convention was interviewed in Chicago. And with the usual sagacity of an Omaha eitizen, each man told of Omaha's won- derful growth, gave figures and statis- tics of our improvements and prosper- ity—all of which appeared in the Chicago papers., Even if Omaha does Bot secure tho convention, as an adver- tising bureau the committee has done good work. THE president’s message has finally been delivered. Mr. Cleveland recog- mized the truth of the expression that brevity is the soul of wit, and condensed it to 7,000 words. Why he should have changed his original plan and cut it down from 22,000 words isa mystery, unless he really thinks some one will read it. There are no flies on the message. Incidentally it might be re- marked that the wintor season is now upon us, and the flies have gone into innocuous desuetude. ———ee TuE hoard of education has adopted \ A resclution providing for night schools n our city. There ure many young ®boys and girls in Omaha whose circum- stances are such that they cannot at- tend day schoeol, who will be benefitted by this new departure. When thirty persons shull petition for an evenin school and pledge themselves to attend Ats session,the superintendent is author- fzed to opon ‘the same. This leaves no excuse for any person %o grow up in Ignorance, " The President’s Message. The third annual message of Presi- dent Cleveland marks a notable de- parture in the character of these com- munications to congresas in the fact that it is devoted wholly to the one subject of revenue reduction. The prosident could have chosen no more forcible way to emphasize to the country and to congress his profound conviction of the paramount importance of this subject, and he has treated it with o clearness and nestness of statoment which are evidence of the eareful study he has given to the question and the deep con- cern he feels in it. He has left no room for a doubt respecting the attitude of the administration rvegarding what shbuld be done to relicve the people of unne taxation and reduce the revenue of the government to the necessary expenses of its cconomical operation. Without outlining. as he was expected to do, w measure of taviff revision, the president Lvery plainly indicates the character of the measure which he thinks necessary to meet the requirements of the exi- gency. The message reviews the financial condition of the country since the ad- journment of the last congrass and the operations of the treasury that were re- quired to relieve monetary distress and avert a move serious state of affairs believed to be threatened. All the au- thority and expedients within executive control for affording financial relief having been exhausted, the vesponsibil- ity of preventing further trouble is now devolved upon congr The several methods that have been suggested for disposing of the surplus are briefly con- sidered, and none of them re unqualified approval. As between the policies of buying bonds and refunding them at a lower rate of interest, the president indicates a preference for the former. He does not see it to be certain that refunding would result in more financial benetit 1o the government than buying bonds, and the latter course would reduce the debt instead of extend- ing it. With regavd to the deposit of money by the treasury in banks through- out the country, which has been done to a moderate extent as a measure of re- lief, the president thinks it to be objec- tionablo as creating too close a relation- ship between the operations of the gov- ernment and the business of the coun- try, and too extensive a co-mingling of their money, thus fostering an unnatural veliance in private business upon public funds. The view of the presidentis that the treasury should be as far as possible divorced from private enterprise,and he condemns the policy of granting power to a single individual to be used at his discretion to withhold from or release to the business of the people money held in thoe treasury, thus at his will affect- ing the financial situation of the coun- try. The president is averse to ex- travagant expenditures for avoiding the accumulation of an excess of revenue. Such a policy would be demoralizing to just conceptions of public duty and would encourage a reckless improvi- dence not consistent with the mission of our people or the high and benefi- cent purposes of the government. With regard to revenue reduction the president clearly believes that it should come wholly from the taviff. He regards the taxes derived from tobacco and liguors as giving no just cause of com- plaint to consumers and working no hardship to any portion of the people. In urging the reduction of tarii¥ duties the prosident says it is not proposed to en- tirely relieve the country of this ta ation. It must be extensively continued as the source of the government income, and in a veadjustment of the tawiff the interests of American labo woll as the preservation of our manufacturing industries, are to be considered. But the protection to be given manuf turers should not mean a condition which, without regard to the public welfare or a national exigency, must alw profits instead of moderately profitable retitns. The claims of labor to a full share of regard and advantage are not to he lost sight of, but of more than seventeen millions of our population, according to the last census, engaged in all kinds of industries, less than three millions were employed in the indus- trics claimed to be benefitted by th taviff. With no disposition to depriv this minovity of an advantage, the pre dent argues that being consumers with the rest they would derive equal henefit from such wise reduction of the tarift as need not diminish the demand for their lahor nor reduce their compx tion. Special 1 ence is made to the duties on wool and woolen manufactures to show that the farmer gets in the end no advantage from the .alleged protec- tion on his wool, since he mu pay out the whole amount gained tariff profit, or mol in the clothing and other manufactures of wool which e must buy. In the formation of com- binations to reduce competition and to maintain the prices of commodities at the tariff point the president sees a proof that some are willing to accept lower prices, and that such price remunerative, evidence which he thinks worthy of consideration in an effort to reduce taxation. The president concludes his careful and straightforward presentation of this subject by pointing out thatboth parties are solemnly pledged to the people to reduce taxation, and urging question “imperatively for solution should be in & spirit higher than parti- sanship.” The message commends itself to the attention of the country as aclear, steaightforward, patriotic and statesmanlike discussion of the ques- tion which overshadows all others in its immediate importance, and is cer- tain to exert a great influence upon the public mind. The Treasury Report. he report of Secretary Fairchild is a r and comprehensive statement the operations of the national trensury for the last fiscal yeaf, with es- timates of recoipts and expenditure: the prosent and the next fiseal y Much of the statistical information it contains hns been apticipated, The surplus taxation during the last flseal year was a feaction over $108,000,000, und during the preseny fiscal year it as presented approached £ of will amount to $113,000,000. Regarding the question of what shall be done with this surplus revenue, the secretary says that both bhond buying, except for sinking fund purposes and governmental expenditure in ex- coss of the needs of the government, should be rejected, and urges that reduction of the revenue from taxation is the only fit remedy for the evils which threaten the country. In considering the methods of reduction proposed he takes positive ground against eitherabolishing or reducing in- ternal revenue taxation, holding that the articles upon which excise taxes ar collected—whisky, beer and tobacco— “are in very small measure necessa the health ‘or happiness of mankina. In an equally positive way the secretary asserts that reduction of revenue should be made from customs taxation alone. Hesays: *Add to the free list as many articles as possible. Reduce duties upon every dutiable article to the lowest point possible; but in ascertain- ing these possibilities the pres- ent situation of inbor and business must always be kept in mind.” The secre- tary offers gnly a brief avgument in sup- port of his position, it evidently being understood that the elaborate discussion of the subject was to be left to the pres- ident, whose message covers the ground very thoroughly. Regarding the sur- plus, the secretary advises thata po tion of it be allowed to lie in banks, “where it would be available for the vs insure u realization of immenso, business of the country, and, as upon withdrawal from them it would be at once returned to the channels of bust- ness through government payments, no shocks would be caused by such with- drawal.” An interesting part of the re- port is devoted to customs ad- ministration, of which the sec- retary says the difficulties in the col- lection of duties pointed out by his pre- decessor still exist. He states that the number of customs suits resulting from the defects of the system has grown so large that there is no reasonable pros- pect of disposing of them in this gen- eration. The laws enacted ostensibly to prevent fraud by undervaluation pro- mote rather than suppress that evil, merous remedies for the dificulties are suggested, perhaps the most impor- tant of which is a change from ad val- orem to specific duties. The sccretary says that “theoretically considered, ad valorem ave preferable to specific dutie but in practice, under such rates as we have had and must continue to have for years to come, the former are the too easy source of deception and inequality at the custom house.” Regarding the foreign commerce of the country the report directs attention. to the disagreeable fact that this com- merce carried in the vessels of the United States, measured by its value, has steadily declined from 75 per cent in 1856 to less than 14 per cent in 1887,and even of this small per centage less than one-half was carried in stcam vessels bearing our flag. The secretaryedis- wisses this rather important subj with little more than the very instruc tive figures, but with this observation: “It is difficult to understand why it would not be well to so change our nav- igation laws as to allow foreign built ships owned by our citizens to come and 2o Dbetween this and other countries while bearing the flag of the country of their owners.” On the subject of the currency the re- port states that the circulation of coin and paper increased from July 1, 1886, to November 1, 1887, to the amount of $109,000,000. The secretary thinks it is to coin and store any more silver dollars at present, as there is no func- tion which those that are coined after this time will probubly ever perform except to lie in government vaults and be a basis upon which silver certificates can be issued. He recommends that the law be amended so as to authorize the secretary of the treasury to issue certifi- cates against the coining value of the bullion bought and to coin only such number of dollars as he might deem expedient hereafter. Suggestions of safeguards against the depreciation of the silver dollar merit the caveful at- tention of congress. The report of Secretar practical, bus “like presentation of irchild is a the numerous affairs administered through the treasury department, and is valuable rather as a compilation of facts with only necessary explanatory comment than as a treatise on financial and economie questions A “Col The BEE rec y" Fraud. ves from Portland, Ove., information to the effect that the Puget Sound Co-operative Colony is an extravagant swindle. The Oregonian, the leading newspaper of Portland, de- votes considerable of its editorial space in a recent issue exposing the methods by which one Smith is duping the peo- ple who ave allured by his false state ments concerning the co-operative col- on Inasmuch as the same Smith has held meotings in Nebraska and urged honest and decent people to move to the Port Angeles community, we deem it proper to caution all persons to thor- oughly investigate before accepting his di scheme, The paper in question says that not- withstanding the misrvepresentations of the leaders of the new idea, therve ar not to-day over two hundred and fifty residents in Port Angeles, and they will suffer for the necessaries of life this winter, The chief evangelist of the colony fraud assesses all who join a cer- tain sum, and in this way he manages to make a reasonably good salary, and can afford to indulge in his shameless and baseless misve presentations. Many honest farmers, merchants and poor citizens 1 Jowa and Illinois are re- ported to have joined the colony, paid their assessments and finally ascer- taining the facts, of course refused to go. The Oregonian says: *Last August a number of its victims whose eyes had heen opened stated without reservation to many persons they met on their re- turn to the east that the whole scheme was so impudent and so extravagant that the ouly reason why they did not print a detailed stagement of its utter baselessness as a Uusiness enter- prise wus the natural reluctance of the human pigeon to admit how badly he had been plucked.” It is further claimed that the colony >'I'HE OMAHA DAILY. BEE: WEDNESUDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887 did not raise sufficient farm produce for their winter supplg, but had spent the summer months hn:'mnq a large hall for a society of “ethidal culture.” All in all, unless our infermation comes from a very prejudi mind, which is not probable, Mr. Smith and his so called co-operative colony are hoth first-water frauds. Men with familiesand of limit- ed meuns can ill-afford to be humbugged mountebanks who prey upon dulous by ogtéNing the charms and ndvantages .,ri section of country which offers neitlgr recompense nor happiness to those who unfortunately loente theve, As a general proposition it is alwiys a good business principle to turn a deaf car to traveling strangers who offer glorious things for a small compensation, and we believe it espe- cially true in this instance —_— Doing Its Duty. The sage left in charge of our ancient Douglas street contemporary, says that it takes “‘something besides the absence of Mr. Rosewater from the city to stop the dirty work of his paper.” Dirty work, indeed! Was it dirty work to expose a fraud? Was it dirty work to tell the taxpayers how Mr. O'Keeffe saved the county many dollarsby check- ing Cadet Taylor in his attempt to cap- ture the county commissioners and their printing at rates extravagant and ex- cessive? Was it dirty work to relate the circumstance of how Cadet Taylor used his paper in an attempt to levy blackmail upon a candidate for regent of the state university? And it might be remarked that the absence of Cadet Taylor from the cit and his paper, leaves no one in his edi- torial chair who is so sublime in impu- dence that he will attempt to defend Taylor’s efforts at corruption and job- bery. The Omaha F will be found the future as in the past, contend- ing for honesty and decency in all things. And when plunderers attempt 10 rob tax-payers and individuals, it is the unyielding policy of this paper to expose them, whether its editor isin town or out of town. Ir is aunounced that Senator Pad- dock wants to head the next republican delegation to the national convention. There are many Nebraska statesmen who yearn for this distinctive honor. ALL the Chicago and Omaha lines, following the Burlington, will put on fast trains by the first of the new year. Omaha is getting there with both feet. FRAUDS IN ELOUR. The Methods Used by Dealers to De- ceive Their Culitomers. There is no article used "Which figures as prominently as flour, yet, notwithstanding, few families know apything concerning its value. People are in thethabit of buying rom their grocer, m:f ake whatever brand sold them without dify consideration what- ever. This is a gréat mistake, as a very small proportion of the flour sold in Omaha is disposed of over the name of the manu- facturer, and dealers resort to many little tricks in order to make consumers believe that they are getting well-known mill brands. There are,for instancs, over twenty brands of flour known as Superlative on this marlket, and ninetecn of them are counterfeit. ‘There is but one mill which manufactures the gen- uine article, and dealers use the name for the purpose of deceiving the public and selling a Choapor grado at an advance in price. A Tav: orite trick with some jobbers is the mixing cheap grades with higher ones; one-third of inferior flour with two-thirds of best grades, which in reality makes a fair article of bread, but docs not contain the nutrition which should charac- terize the genuine article. Some jobbers have machines made especially for this mix- ing process. For this reason the very best ades of lour are not as a_rule handled by maha flour men. Consumers would do well to refruin from purchasing four that does not bear the brand of the manufactur- ers, as this would lesson in & great degree the practice above mentioned. Situated as Omaha is with regard to being able to get the grades necessary to making a_first-class grade of flour, it is absolutely imperative that it should have good flouring mills in or- der to avoid this imposition, The major por- tion of the inhabitants depend upon the bakers’ for their bread, whouse an inferior grade of flour, they as a rule being unable to purchase first-class flour in cav lots, and being at the mercy of the flonr jobbers, who works off his mixed articles upon them. Flour is being Jobbed in this city ata profit of from 50 cents to §1 per barrel, and the re- tailer sells it at another profit, and as stated, it s of very inferior quality. If housekeepers would, or could, rather, purchase first-class flour the difference in the bread produced would be very noticeable and instead of being eaten as is the case at present, merely 1o fill up, there wouid bea little genuine pleasure af meal time. A thoroughly posted flour dealer stated yesterday that the highest priced flour is the cheapest in the end for the reason that it produces from 20 to 40 per cent more bread than the cheaper gradds. Prof. William Jugs of England made a re- port to the crown last year on the wheat and flour supply of the United Kingdom which was afterward issued for the uso of miliers, brokers and merchants. It stated that upon fifty tests from home and forcign grades, the surplus analyzed coutained in crude gluten which is the nutritous substance from 18 to 42 per cent, with one exception, that of a well-known Minnesota mill, which contaius 45 per cent, This last brand is very nearly standard. There are several first-class brands of flour on the market, and they are in reality the best to purchase, and if parties would give stricte ttention to this one mattor alone the results conld not fail to be appreciated, not only from the fact that better results would be obtained as regards the quality of bread, but from a sanitary standpoint. chasal Mot i MORTUARY MATTERS. CHISMAN. Mrs. Chrisman, the unfortu who suicided by throwing herselfin the well at her residence, 1915 Califoknia street, Mon- day, was buried yesterday in Laurel Hill, ALEX. BLAC The funeral of the late Alexander Black, a well known contractor, took place) morning at 10 o’clock from his late reside 1718 Jackson street, and was quite largel, tended. 'The remains were interred in Pros- pect Hill cemetery. v ANK'' HATHAWAY, he funeral of 8. B. Hathaway more fami- liarly known among a I\'ldfl’rrlo of friends as ' Yank' Hathaway, $00k- place from the family residence cornerol Twenty-seventh avenueand Burdette stapot.avesterday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Mr. HatBaway was in the ghborhood of sixty-iwe yéars of age. He was one of Omaha's pioneers und a well known character owing tojhis association with field sports. He was one of the charter ‘members of the old Sportsmens club, and was a gen- al fayorite among the followers of the ' rod d gun. Many a good story could old ank" fell of the haleyon days when the buffalo in countless herd roamed the plains of Nebraska, and when deer and bear, and beaver, mink and otter were me of the commonest kind. But he has gone to the happy hunting grounds whence none return, to meet the reward that awaits all those who lead a life of uprightness, such as his has been. Requicscat in pace. Among the many beautiful floral tributes with which the old bunter's casket was strewn was a_beautiful broken i and wreath of white immortelles and roses from Messra, H. A. Peurose und John J. Hardin. ate woman Internal Revenue Collections. Yesterday the internal revenue collections amounted to §,74 8L A LIVELY NIGHT IN COUNCIL. Lots of Work Done and Plenty of Speech Making. HOT WORDS OVER THE CITY HALL Another Complication Aris Action of the Board of I Works — The Arch Or- dered Down. The City Council. There was a good turnout ot councilmen at the meeting last night, and the lobby was crowded with an expectant audicnce. The usual buttonholing and whispering was ex- tensively indulged in, and did not cease until the gavel of President Bechel fell, The following communications were re- ceived from the mayor: Approving ordi nances passed at last meeting appointing M. Stenberg, J. H. Lacy and L. Duggan, appraisersdor the opening and widening of Twenty-seventh street from Grant to Paxton wet; notices from William Anderson and Mrs. F. Jensen, of injuries received by de- fective streets and sidewalks; communica- tion from H. T. Clark asking to compromise a suit. Referred. = From the city engineer: Reporting that the brick sewer between Nineteenth and Tiwenticth strects was in a dangerous condi- tion. Ordered to be repaired. When reports from the board of public works were read, Councilman Ford arose and said he would not vote favorable on anything from that body that was not signed by at least two of the members. Hascall also gave Chairman Bal- combe a dig. everal grading estimates were recoived from the board and approved, A communication containing the opinion of City Attorney Webster on the city hall con- tract was referred to the judiciary commit- tee. The contract of Hugh Murphy for pav- ing Webster street with Colorado sandstone was approved, I'rom the city attorne, settlement of s against the city by Jacob Leis, Mary Gavin West, Simon Hofman, Kundt Thompson, Annié Meilhedde and others, The city physician reported 87 deaths and 119 births in Omaha during the month of No- vember, The November report of the police judge was referred. The communication from the board of fire and Ynli\‘u commissioners asking for addi- tional policcien was read and referred to a special committee, “ouncilman Lee said that he had learned through the newspapers that this communi- cation had been sent to the council some time ago. Councilman Hascall defended the council by asserting that the newspapers had misrepresented them, and indulged in o wild harangue which failed to dvaw applause from the lobby. A petition of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- apolis & Omuha railvoad for permission to construct a sewer along Grace street was referred. The water works the locating of niné fire hydrants in different parts of the city. J.Gross and Ad. Janetschke asked permission to use the fire hydrant at the corner of Howard and Fourteenth streets for flooding a skating rink. Referred to the chief of the fire department. Henry W, Pettit, on motion of Councilman Lee, was allowed $30 for making necessary repairs on the smallpox hospital. A communication from the hackmen of Omaha asking the council to afford them rights which they claimed to be deprived of was referred to the committee on judiciary. G. A. Joslyn informed the council that th firm of Thorupson, DeLang & Murphy, sewer contractors, was indebted to him in the sum of $238.87, and that he would hold the city for its payment. William Anderson, of 2016 Cuming street, n a communication to the effect that his clothing and watch had been damaged to the amount of 8125 by a defective sid lk. He asked that he be reimbursed to the extent of 8125, Referred to committee on claims The following from C. E. Mayne was re: Oxana, Dec ‘To the Honorable City Council: I would respectfully report thi at a meeting of the board of public works to-day I moved that the resolution passed November 17, 1887, by this board, cancelling the con- tract of Regan Brothers for the construction of the city hall basement, be reconsidered. This was seconded by Mr. Heimrod and ca ried. T wish to call the attention of the city comncil to the fact that the said resolution is still before the board of public works and has not been acted upon and therefore said contract is not yet cancelled as has been re- ported. Respectfully, C. E. MAYNF, Member Board of Public Wo A petition from property holdes iam street, between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets, protesting against the introduction of the sewer system along said street, was re- ferred to the city engincer, A communication from the fire and polico commission asking for additional horses for the police patrol wagon, was referred to the committee on appropriations. The meat_inspector reported having con- demned 3,645 pounds of meat and fish during th?n\fmlll of November. The street commissi tear down and remov section of Sixteenth and Farnam streets, and John F. Lisy was given permission to erect a s'gn in frout of his premises, No, 1334 South Thirteenth street. o) given to the Cable Tramway company to_put in a tempoary wooden curb in front of thei power house on Twentieth and Harne streets, The following resolutions were adopte Relaying the crosswalks on Park avenue the crossing of Poppleton, Pacific, Masc and Leavenworth streets and across Leaven- worth street at the intersection of Park aven compelling contractors to take care ofand replace sidewalks torn up for grading; to clean Thirteenth street between Mason and Hickory streets; that the street com- missioner be instructed to repair sidewalks in various parts of the city; compelling pe ple living on Newton street to avrange fer to conforin with the proper lines; ordering the city clerk to advertise for several pieces of land for park purposes, none of which shall be less than ten or more than 2,000 ; dirccting the bhoard of public works to advertise for thirty days for bids for all kinds of paving; location of lamps in front of the church at Eleventh and Center strects and Jewish synagogne; employing a fireman to run the fu S8 in the city buildin Councilman Kierstea Whereas, The city Chairman Balcombé in_ his the contract with Regan Bro building of the basement of therefore be it Resolyed, That the council approve and sustain Mr. Baleombeé in his action and that of public works be and is herchy 1to at once take the necessary steps into a new contract for its comple- Propositions for company_ reported 8 directed to L at the inter- v has sustained ction annulling . & Co. for the the city hall, Councilman Kierstead said that Mr. Bal- combe had the interests of the city at heart and the council should sustain hiu, Councilman Ford compared Mr. Balcombe to the czar of Russia, a sort of a supreme being in his own mind who iginored the or- ders of the council. Balcombe, Ford alleged, was neglecting his and was not in his oftice half the time, and wound up his t of abuse by giving Mr. Balcombe fair warn- ing that there were men in the council who would not put up with his assumption any longer. Ford favored letting Regan Brothers go ahead with the work. Councilman Lowry moved as an amend ment to Councilman Kierstead's resolution that Regun Brothers be divected to go alicad with the work. Conucilman_Hascall said it was a_good thing for Oma that a superstruct was not put up on the con- in vogue with Regan Brothers and th plans and specifications farnished by the architect. The latter were indefinite and de fective, and were the direct cause of the ex isting trouble between the chairman of the board of public works and Regan Brothers and Brennan. Mr. Halcombe was blamed by the speaker for letting the contract for fin isbing the basement and building the super- structure of Nevins & Co. without advertis- ing, as is required by the law. Councilman Alexan onsidered that the board had a perfect right to annul the con truct with Regan Brothers. He was opposed W the letting of the contract as contemplated by the board of public works. The sum of #19,000 for finishing the bascwment was 00 wuck mone; Ou motiou of Councilman Hascall further consideration of the matter was postponed for one wock. The council meet as a board of equalization on the 15th and 16th of the present month. The total amount of the appropiation ordi- nance, &1, 153, 81, not including extra claims submitted after its reading was aliowed. Councilman — Alexander submitted amendment that the police wde all the policemen present foree, The ¢ pay, he said. Councilman Hascall —T{ow so! Councilman Alexander—By a dacision of the supreme court which makes the acts of the board and the fire commission Councilman Hascall -~ That dec based on an assumption. Mr. Hascall was about to continue when he was declared out of order by the prisi- dent. Further discussion of the subject was closed, The rights an appropriation omployed on the ¥ was liable for their lon was ordinance confirming to the Omaha market puny was referred back by the ordinance committee, and created considerable talk. Councilmen Ford, Lee and Bedford were opposed to blocking up Harney, or any other streets with market hous Kurther action was postponed for oue week upon the council adjourning. PUBLIC WORKS. certain com- favorably The Troublesome Question of Twen- tieth Street's Width, No bids were yesterday roccived by the board of public works for the grading of either Dodge between Tywenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets or Twenticth stroet between Davenport and Cass, This is all the more surprising because it was thought the Cable Tramway company would put in a bid as It was anxious to have comploted the work which it started some time ago. One of the reasons which has doubtless operatad against bidding has been the fact that the work being mainly of a surface character, there was not enough, in view of approaching winter to attempt, to make money on. Asa_consequence of this failure to secure bids, the board will ask no more on this work, before next spring, when the question of narrowing = Twentioth et will again be brought up. Notwithstanding the beauty of some of the residence proporty on that thoroughfare, judging from those who have already been to sec the chairman of the board of public works upon the matter, there will be found many who favor grading the strect toa width of 100 feet, even if lawn und trees must be sacri ficed. The majority of these live on tho northern part of the street and hold that when the cable lines and street car line run together, they not even room enough for a baby 1t between the outside track and the eurb. To obviate this difficalty, they claim, the strect must be graded to the full width Yesterday afternoon the following bids woere opened for the grading of Farnam street from Thirty treet to the city limits, there bein 20 vards of filling and 26,709 cutting in the job of 5,400 feet or 150 feet’ more than amile, D. A, Jansen. . MeKinne, 3. Fanning & B ) Hugh Murphy 714 2 C. 1% Williams, . Callihan & Co. e « Shannon & Hogo. g w The appended estin ro allowed Whalen & Brennan, curbing nteeuth street, Davenport to Cu 2,031.096 Murphy, grading Do ixth avenue to Thirty-sixthstreet, Mr. Mayne offered the following r tion. Resolved, That the action of the board on November 18, cancelling the contract with Regan Bros. for building the basement of the hall be reconsidered. This resolution was adopted, Messrs, ne and Heimrod voting aye and Chair- an Balcombe no. Mr. Mayue then offered the following: Resolved, That the action of this board on November 17, 1887, cancelling the contract with Regan Brothers for building the b ment of the city hall be made and the chair- man is hereby instructed to notify Regan Brothers to proceed at once and finish the said work according to the original contract Considerable discussion followed this and Mr. Heimrod asked for time to consult legal authority befors voting on the measure. The board thercfore adjourned until 7 p. m. Just before the board convened in the even- ing there was quite a lively scene, in which Messrs. Mayue, Rothacker and Lowry fig- ured, cansed by the introduction of the reso- lution, and aithough there were some prett) warm’ words bandied back and forth, no blows were struck. The first things considered in the evening session were the bids for the grading of Far- nam street from Thirty-sixth street to the city limits, Mr. Mayne moved that the con- tract be awarded to Hugh Murphy. Mr. Heimrod moved that it be awarded to D. A. Jansen. The ballot resulted in one vote for Murphy and two for Jansen. Mvr. Mayne again presentel his resolution in regard to allowing Regan Bros. to procecd with the work on the city hall basement, but it was rejected, Mayne voting aye and ' Bal- combe and Heimrod 1o, Quinn Discharged. John Quinn, the man who has been held here for the past week under suspi having murdered Charles Smith at S last summer, was released yesterday- @ per cubic yard ThatDefy all other Remedies Speed- ily Cured by Cuticura. Humiliating Eruptions, Itehing and Rurning Skin Tortures, Loathsomie Sores, und species of Itching, Scaly, Pimply, Tuberite Serofulous and Contaglons Discases of tl in and Scaip, with Loss of Hafr, fror v to old e, nrd positively eured by Ceri- cuia, the great SKin Cure, and ¢ S0P, an_exquisite Skin_ Beantitier, ally, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT, the new Blood Pafitier, internally. COVERED WITH SORES, T have been atficted since rech with a skin disease the doctor Zoma. My fice was covered with scabs and S8, and the itching and borning w unbearabl ng your Cutie 3 S | commended concluded to g using the CUTICULA and COTICE nally, and REsc months. 1 eall my. which I'make this pub Mis. CL. BRrOAD BROOK, CON SCALP, FACF, EARS and NECK. T was afilicted with Eezen Face, Eurs and Neck, which the drug Igot’ your remodiel wounced o = that b under s e to CUTICURA Ttry lay3' fise my scalp and part of ured, and 1 hope in anothe Week to have my eal k and the ot of my face cuied, for fou statement. LA A. FREDERICK. SLADE. AT STREET, INALLY CUR it o it is the best toed anything. "1t 8 HORTON. , COTICURA, B 25¢; RESOLVEN ) pured by the DItG AND CHENICAL Conr Thost o1, Miss. end for “How to Cure Skin Diseases, ns, and 100 teatimontals, PLE s, chapped and « prevented by CUTICC A MEDICATED IT STOPS THE PAIN, Muscles, Back, Hip i all Pain, Iitlan HELIEVED IS OMNE 1h CUTICURA first and only pain kil Pt Not UNHOOK WiiLe Brina Won ! er) Llluly' l;‘dr-!r“ y";(«n:).‘m style TNI::":A. ,ORSET COMPANY, worgRegSTEn confEXCMERY e | THANKSGIVING DAY, ————e ts Gene ral Observance in Omaha Last Thursday. e Its Origin Purely American—Whi Omaha People Had to Be Thankful For, — e Thankagtving d and gone, Tn 143), he th day Ver,the Pilgeim < Tanded in i immed o a day t od in_ ge anksgiving il fasting. Thanksgiving ds lias since beconie & gensral holiday bl the Unite Detng Wppotuted fiest by the president amation, after which the governors of several s o their proclamation to their own y. The people of Ne- Draska had plens Rinkui bor: the creps during the year have been and fruitful; no_epldemic has do tate, and 1o serfous accidents have marred the record of the r. Among the many people of Omaha nons had more cause to be thankful on that dny thar™ the family of Mr. Wiggs, residing at the corner of Twenty.elehth dotte streets. Last July Blanche, n little five-year-old daughter of Mr. Wiggs, wits taken sick with scarlet fover, the disense, but in & few ays afier an nbscess formed on Ker neck under the right ear, & clironic abscess that was contin- ally dischariziig pus. Clironie Abscess wppers varlous designations, such as cold, scro- fulous or tuberculous wb 1t i one that is slow in its progi Mr. s, I talking to the reporter ahont the case, sald: “The abcess in this case wak the result of the scarlet fever, chronfe abeess often_following such low formd of disense. The discharge was the most profuse at_night, often saturating the bandages wo would put on it. doctored for it from July until Septeniber, and it was_continually grows iniz worse, and we became serlously wlarmed. 1 then noticed the advertiseme Drs. McCoy and Henry, und told my wifo she had better take Blanche and go see them. She did and in ona month they had her well, as you see thore is nothing laft of 1t but & slight scar that will soon De gone also,” M. Wikgs called to n bright and pretty little el o was plaie with her il hrother and showed reporter that her nesk was as well as ever it was, t8 O Mr. Wikgs resides at the corner of Twenty. Wt and Burdette strects, and will corrobor- ate the above to any one donbting it. The following statement regarding Drs, Me. “oy and Henry is made upon good u\lflllu'llx: STice these euiinent physictans have been in the weat, they lave treated and cured over sie thous- andenses of ealarrh and chronic throat and lung troubles, and of these cases 40 per. cent had been deelared and pronownced incural CATARRH DESCRIBED. ‘The Symptoms Atrending that Disease Which Leads to Consumption, When catarth has existed in the head and the part of the throat for iy length of time utient iving in o disteict where the peo- to catarrhal affection—-and the d, the catarrh in- extends down the Diul tubes, which ing and the muc i ising trom catareh, and, i Some fustanc becomes plugged up 5o that t in as frecly us it should, ul the patient I Inbor and aifeilty. In efth there 1S & sound of erackliny and wheezing inside the chest, At this stage o the discase the breathing (5 ukunlly more raptd than when in health. The patient”has also hot tlashes over the body. “The pain which accompantes this condition s of w dull character, felt in the chest, hehind the st honeor under the should blade, The d g0 last @ ays and then 1 others, ugh that s 0f bronchial caturrh i dry, comes on at fntervals, hacking i ciaracter, and 15 usually most troublesonme in the morning ing, 0F going to bed nt njght, and it may vidence of the disedss extending into the Inugs, Sometimes there are fits of conghtng induced Dy the tongh mucus so_violent as to cause vom- iting. Later on the mucus that is raised {3 found to contain small purticles of yellow mat- that the smafl tubes a aftected s are often streaks of blood mixed with the mucus. In some cases ent heeomes vory pale, has fover, and foro a1y cough Appears. cases small masses of chees re spit up, which,when pres it bad odor. I oth, par- ticles of a har ¥ nature are spit up. The sing of y or chalky lumps indicates se- mischiof at work in the lungs. Ssom 5 catarrh will extend into the Tunes in o few weeks; In other caves it may be months, and even years, before the disease ate tacks the hungs suficiently to cause serfous ine terference with the general health, When the Aisease has Adeveloped 1o such a point the pa. tlent 18 said to have catarrhal consumption. With bronclifal catarrh there is more or less fever which diffters with the different parts of thie day- slfight in the morning, higher in the afternoon and evenfnz. SNEEZING CATARRH. What It Mcans, How It Acts, and What ft 1s. You sneeze when you get up in the morning, ery time you You have hond, and was i plig in eacl nos- N you cannot dislodze. You blow your crack, but' it don't do any sult 15 that. you suceosd in il Fou so ritate t organ that yoi are h it at all. This 8o 1 picture of wente it- Sneezing Catareh,” as itls Zottig u the linin + 10 hreathe not ¢ S this condition idicate? Tist 25 mucis o po poured ont by glands in the nose: then those dseagy Hsare attuckod by swarms of little germs-— Cat h germ -that tloat in the afr ina lo- v where the disease 15 pi alent, ‘Ihese an- in their efforts to tind a lodgment, mbrance Uning of the kes 10 rid herself of 7ing, 1wiih thickened nnels for t i 18 inter st brethin vy snch means th vy, suorl nose and 1 b by product ucns the natiral ol wir into the 1 fe porson 5o all i the nouth, and throt hecames parel Aueed, and the citwrrhal ¢ thiroat and DOCTOR ). CRESAP M'COY, Late of Bellevae Hospital, N. Y., AND DOCTOR COLUMBUS HENRY, Have Officos 310-311 RAMGE BUILDING, Corner 15th ana Harney Stree Omaha, Nebraska. AL 214 m; Ttosp, ully by Drs. il it b sible for HERID Sueor No wewered unless acconipsnied by ‘A irem Sl lecters to Dis McCoy & Heney, Rooms 310 wad uld Kamge bBuildiug, Nibrisin.